Went out for a short while this afternoon and the water temp has dropped
another ten degrees.


"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Water has cooled here in NE P.A also and small fish are the majority
feeders, or at least for me they are. I was fishing jigs, flukes,
speedworms. There is no particular pattern that I could find today. I did
manage 8 fish to the boat and a few toothy critters. Dave almost skunked
on
3 lakes here with me but followed up on a fish I missed on a speed worm.
He
got it with the fluke. They are starting to herd up some nice schools of
baitfish on the smaller lake and some of the bigger fish I have caught
there
seem to be eating well. Just good to be back out fishing again


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Yes, but we get water from up north. The water temp has started to drop
significantly. Of course thats probably meaningless unless you fish
theis
area. 3 or 4 weeks ago the surface temps were running around 90 in the
channel, and as high as 96-98 in the backwaters and lakes. The sruface
temp
everywhere last weekend was 81-85. Big drop in temp. Its doing weird
things to the fish. All I seem to be able to catch consistantly is
small
active fish. Only one or two decent fish in a day. Nothing seems to
work
two days in a row either.

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"go-bassn" wrote in message
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I know the fall patterns have yet to kick in here, its hard to imagine
they
have there. Isnt it like 90 there still?

WW

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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... and nervous. Tommorrow Hammer and I are fishing our first
classic
with
real prizes on the line. I don't have a solid plan. Last weekend
was
a
slow grind for a small limit that put me in 10th or 12th place.

I know where we caught fish, and the one guy I talked to that spent
all
day
fishing my other pattern had the same results. An all day grind for
small
fish. A smaller limit than mine.

I'm almost ready to try my winter spots and winter ultra slow
patterns.
Strange when it feels like we should be getting a strong fall feed.

I hit a fall pattern feeding frenzy about five weeks ago, but
nothing
since.
I have picked up a few fish in those same areas, but just the ones
that
live
there, not the ones who were actively chasing.

I'm lost. Maybe just grind with slower smaller finnesse rigs.

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